02237cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009126 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451864656 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Zaklan, Aleksandar. The External Financing of Emerging Market Countries : Evidence from Two Waves of Financial Globalization / Aleksandar Zaklan, Paolo Mauro, Martin Minnoni, Andre Faria. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (49 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We trace the history of where and why investors from the most advanced countries directed funds, ultimately helping finance economic development in emerging market countries. To do this, we analyze the determinants of international investors' willingness to hold the external liabilities issued by emerging market countries, through cross-country regressions for both prices (bond spreads) and quantities (bond market capitalization or stocks of external liabilities) estimated at various points during two waves of financial globalization (1870-1913 and the present time). The data are drawn from primary sources for the historical period, and the much-expanded, new vintage of the Lane and Milesi-Ferretti (2006) data set for the modern period. The results suggest that, throughout the past one and a half centuries, a combination of human capital (including informal human capital) and institutional quality has been a key determinant of emerging market countries' ability to attract international investors. Mode of access: Internet Faria, Andre. Mauro, Paolo. Minnoni, Martin. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/205 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/205/001.2006.issue-205-en.xml IMF e-Library